ISLAMABAD: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday witnessed a bearish trend while losing 83.29 points, with a slight negative change of 0.11 percent. At close the index settled at 78,444.96 points against 78,528.25 points on the last previous working day.
Overall, 347,671,672 shares were traded during the day as compared to 283,542,503 shares the last day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 11.899 billion against Rs 11.067 billion on the previous trading day.
Around 435 companies traded heir shares in the stock market, 189 of them registered gains and 170 met losses, whereas the share price of 76 companies remained unchanged.
PTCL remained at the top among three major trading companies with 70,992,434 shares at Rs 12.01 per share, followed by K-Electric Limited with 18,700,951 shares at Rs 4.63 per share whereas as WorldCall Telecom settled with 13,191,366 shares at Rs1.26 per share.
Nestle Pakistan Limited witnessed a maximum gain of Rs 227.25 per share price, closing at Rs 7,154.17, whereas the Ismail Industries Limited was runner-up with a Rs 114.87 rise in its per share price to Rs 1,482.14.
Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited witnessed a maximum decline of Rs 56.95 per share closing at Rs 7,593.05, followed by Thai Limited with a Rs 11.60 decline to close at Rs 483.34.
